diff --git a/action_plugins/add_host.py b/action_plugins/add_host.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 5b3aed8120..0000000000
--- a/action_plugins/add_host.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,70 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 2012, Seth Vidal <skvidal@fedoraproject.org>
-#
-# This file is part of Ansible
-#
-# Ansible is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
-# (at your option) any later version.
-#
-# Ansible is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-# GNU General Public License for more details.
-#
-# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-# along with Ansible.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-
-import ansible
-
-from ansible.callbacks import vv
-from ansible.errors import AnsibleError as ae
-from ansible.runner.return_data import ReturnData
-from ansible.utils import parse_kv, template
-from ansible.inventory.host import Host
-from ansible.inventory.group import Group
-
-class ActionModule(object):
-    ''' Create inventory hosts and groups in the memory inventory'''
-
-    ### We need to be able to modify the inventory
-    BYPASS_HOST_LOOP = True
-
-    def __init__(self, runner):
-        self.runner = runner
-
-    def run(self, conn, tmp, module_name, module_args, inject):
-        args = parse_kv(module_args)
-        if not 'hostname' in args:
-            raise ae("'hostname' is a required argument.")
-
-        vv("created 'add_host' ActionModule: hostname=%s"%(args['hostname']))
-
-
-        result = {'changed': True}
-
-        new_host = Host(args['hostname'])
-        inventory = self.runner.inventory
-        
-        # add the new host to the 'all' group
-        allgroup = inventory.get_group('all')
-        allgroup.add_host(new_host)
-        result['changed'] = True
-        
-        # add it to the group if that was specified
-        if 'groupname' in args:
-            if not inventory.get_group(args['groupname']):
-                new_group = Group(args['groupname'])
-                inventory.add_group(new_group)
-                
-            ngobj = inventory.get_group(args['groupname'])
-            ngobj.add_host(new_host)
-            vv("created 'add_host' ActionModule: groupname=%s"%(args['groupname']))
-            result['new_group'] = args['groupname']
-            
-        result['new_host'] = args['hostname']
-        
-        return ReturnData(conn=conn, comm_ok=True, result=result)
-
-
-
diff --git a/playbooks/hosts/copr-be.cloud.fedoraproject.org.yml b/playbooks/hosts/copr-be.cloud.fedoraproject.org.yml
index fa270fee6a..e3ad7a93e5 100644
--- a/playbooks/hosts/copr-be.cloud.fedoraproject.org.yml
+++ b/playbooks/hosts/copr-be.cloud.fedoraproject.org.yml
@@ -116,22 +116,6 @@
     tags:
     - provision_config
 
-  # note - kill this when ansible 0.9 comes out 
-  - name: put ec2_create and add_host module into library path
-    action: copy src=$basedir/library/$item dest=/srv/copr-work/provision/library/$item
-    with_items:
-    - ec2_create
-    - add_host
-    tags:
-    - provision_config
-
-  - name: put addhost into action_plugins path
-    action: copy src=$basedir/action_plugins/add_host.py dest=/srv/copr-work/provision/action_plugins/add_host.py
-    tags:
-    - provision_config
-
-  # end kill this w/0.9
-
   - name: put ansible.cfg for all this into /etc/ansible/ on the system
     action: copy src=$files/copr/provision/ansible.cfg dest=/etc/ansible/ansible.cfg
     tags:
diff --git a/tasks/persistent_cloud_nodisks.yml b/tasks/persistent_cloud_nodisks.yml
index 1ee6740efd..3f15455a3d 100644
--- a/tasks/persistent_cloud_nodisks.yml
+++ b/tasks/persistent_cloud_nodisks.yml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   ignore_errors: true
 
 - name: spin it up
-  local_action: ec2_create keypair=${keypair} image=${image} type=${instance_type} wait=true group=${security_group}
+  local_action: ec2 keypair=${keypair} image=${image} type=${instance_type} wait=true group=${security_group} ec2_access_key=$persist_access_key ec2_secret_key=$persist_secret_key ec2_url=$os_ec2_url 
   register: inst_res
   only_if: "'${host_is_up.rc}' != '0'"